Stories from Saturday, November 28, 1998

To the editor: "Scouting for Food" has been another success. Once again the citizens of Cape Girardeau, Perry, Bollinger and the northern parts of Scott and Stoddard counties proved that when the need arises to help others, they are there and willing to help...

To the editor: I want to thank the people who supported the recent International Weekend at Southeast Missouri State University. International Night, held Nov. 14, was a beautiful experience. An estimated 320 people attended the evening's events and enjoyed free samplings of food from Algeria, Bangladesh, France, Germany, Holland, India, Japan, Kenya and Sweden. ...

A 40th birthday can be somewhat emotional for people. If you're a program, 40 years of service is downright impressive. Southeast Missouri State University's nursing program recently marked its 40th year of operations. Over the years, the program has changed to meet changing technologies and demands. But it continues to graduate top-rate health-care professionals. Today, the department has more than 400 students...

The Cape Girardeau School District wants students in school. Attendance plays a big part in the learning process. So three years ago, the district made this offer: ninth through 12th graders with perfect attendance, no discipline referrals and a C average can skip their finals...

With altar draperies of purple and royal blue, Christians around the world symbolize the anticipation for the coming of their king. Advent marks a season of celebration and preparation for the Christ's coming, both as a child in the manger and his Second Coming...

Southeast Missouri State University will hold several AIDS awareness activities on Tuesday and Wednesday, centered around the theme, "Be a Force for Change." The activities are scheduled in conjunction with World AIDS Day, set for Dec. 1. "The intention of World AIDS Day is to challenge our young college students to recognize the crucial role they play and to motivate them in reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS," said Judy St. John, director of the Center for Health and Counseling at Southeast...

Need a recipe? Let fellow readers lend a hand. That's the concept behind the Southeast Missourian's new Recipe Swap column that begins next week. It will run on the front of the Home section every Wednesday. It replaces Mr. Food, who has quit his syndicated newspaper column...

ST. LOUIS -- Sixty-five St. Vincent High School football players lined up behind the end zone, the same end zone where Jerry Rice and Issac Bruce snag passes during National Football League games. One by one the Indians -- reserve players followed by starters -- sprinted to midfield, made a 90-degree turn on the giant St. ...

Frances Patterson, 69, has 21 years of experience as a bell ringer for the Salvation Army, which makes her one of the most experienced in Cape Girardeau. She and other volunteers and paid workers staff the kettles during the holiday shopping season, to help raise money for the Salvation Army...

About 25 restaurants in Cape Girardeau, Jackson and Scott City will be serving up charity Tuesday. The Area Wide United Way will sponsor its first Restaurants Organized for Charity, called ROC '98. On that day, participating restaurants will donate a percentage of their sales to the 1998 United Way Campaign...

Marie Creighton, her daughter, granddaughter and great-grandson took a break from shopping Friday and waited for the rest of the family to catch up. A big shopping trip on the day after Thanksgiving is a tradition for Creighton of Cape Girardeau and her family who are spread across the country...

After two days off for Thanksgiving, Southeast Missouri State University's basketball team will hit the practice court again today -- and hopefully welcome back a relatively healthy Kahn Cotton in the process. Cotton, one of the Indians' top returning players this year, has not yet seen any game action and has barely practiced because of recurring knee problems...

North Platte's Dave Pearson (83) tackled St. Vincent running back Bryan Meyer in the first half of Friday's 1A championship game at the Trans World Dome. ST. LOUIS -- J.D. Biermann. It's a name St. Vincent High players and fans may not soon forget. Thanks to Biermann's record-setting performance, North Platte rolled to a 30-7 victory over St. Vincent in the Class 1A MSHSAA Show-Me Bowl at the Trans World Dome Friday afternoon...

NEW MADRID -- Cardinal Ritter jumped out to a 19-point lead on Notre Dame and held off several Bulldog runs for a 78-62 victory Saturday in the New Madrid Riverbend Classic. The game was the season opener for both squads. Ritter's Gerald Weatherspoon, bound for Townsen St., proved a handful for the Bulldogs, scoring 35 points...

DIEHLSTADT -- Glen D. Perry, 67, of Diehlstadt died Wednesday, Nov. 25, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 1, 1931, in Mississippi County, son of John Earl and Oma Bell Davis Perry. He and Shirley Carnell were married on Nov. 16, 1963...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Carl Stanley Britt, 90, of Victorville, Calif., formerly of East Prairie, died Thursday, Nov. 26, 1998, at Desert Valley Medical Hospital in Victorville. Arrangements are incomplete at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie.

MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Mae Wright, 95, of Mound City died Friday, Nov. 27, 1998, at Charleston Manor in Charleston, Mo. She was born on June 14, 1903, at Milburn, Ky., daughter of Raymond and Nancy Davis Dunning. She was married to William Wright, who preceded her in death...

LEEDES, Ala. -- Fern Lucille Neeley, 87, of Leeds died Saturday, Nov. 21, 1998, at Medical Center East in Birmingham, Ala. She was born May 10, 1911, daughter of Joseph Mark and Freda Slinkard Seiler in Whitewater. She married Mason Allen, who preceded her in death. She then married Bernice Neeley on Nov. 21, 1965. He also preceded her in death...

PERRYVILLE -- Lily C. Voelker, 90, of Perryville died Wednesday, Nov. 25, 1998, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born Sept. 21, 1908, in Perry County, daughter of Joseph and Josephine Lappe Baudendistel. She and Cullen Lawrence Voelker were married on Oct. 19, 1935. He died Feb. 20, 1990...

SCOPUS -- Dorothy Estes, 59, of Florissant died Thursday, Nov. 26, 1998. She was born Dec. 26, 1938, in Whitewater, daughter of the late Truman Roe and Ruby Long Roe, who survives of East Alton, Ill. On Nov. 12, 1955, she was married to Donald E. Estes, who preceded her in death...

CHAFFEE -- Ocie Loraine Griswell, 84, of Chaffee died Thursday, Nov. 26, 1998, at Heartland Care Rehab Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 7, 1914, at McNairy, Tenn., daughter of Walter and Elizabeth Jones Smith. She was a homemaker. On Dec. 5, 1932, she married Alvin Griswell. He survives of Chaffee...

JACKSON, Miss. -- Johnny M. Selph, 76, of Jackson, Miss., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1998. He was born Aug. 17, 1922, in Tennessee, son of Doris Selph and Clara Jo Autry Selph. He was a retired sales representative, a veteran of the Navy and a 52nd degree Mason...

ANNA, Ill. -- Albert A. Sturgeon, 88, of Union County, Ill., died Friday, Nov. 27, 1998, at Hillview Health Care Center in Vienna. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna.

BERNIE -- Emmaline Morris, 81, of Bernie died Friday, Nov. 27, 1998, at her home. She was born Feb. 18, 1917, at Tallula, Ill., to Matthew and Chloe Collins Sinclair. She married George Ray Morris on May 1, 1939, at Benton. He died Nov. 27, 1988. She was a seamstress at Gossard Garment Factory in Malden for 23 years. She had been a member of the Sugar Tree General Baptist Church and Missionary Alliance Church...

What started as a simple fund-raising event has grown into an elaborate set up of gifts, booths and holiday crafts. The Centenary United Methodist Church Bazaar will mark its 25th anniversary Dec. 5 with a sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Family Life Center, 300 N. Ellis St...

In less than four weeks we will celebrate one of the biggest and most important events of Christianity, the birth of God's son, Jesus Christ. Between now and then many of us will spend a lot of time, energy and money shopping for Christmas gifts for our families, friends and loved ones...

JACKSON -- St. Paul Lutheran Church and its school will expand with a new $2.2 million building project. Initial construction on the project began this week. The church developed plans for a new 30,000-square-foot multi-purpose building to create more space for classrooms at the school and meeting rooms at the church...